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Eritoran: New Drug for Influenza Shows Promise in Mice Study

May 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A multinational team of researchers led by Prof Stefanie Vogel from the University of Maryland has found that an experimental drug called Eritoran can...

U.S.-Israeli team found that schizophrenia patients have elevated levels of a specific microRNA in the olfactory neuroepithelium (Patrick J. Lynch / CC BY 2.5)

Neurons in Nose Could be Key to Early, Fast Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

Apr 30, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Researchers from Israel and the United States led by Dr Noam Shomron of Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative method for physical diagnosis...

This false-color micrograph shows Clostridium bolteae (Brittany Pequegnat et al)

First Vaccine Against Autism-Associated Bacterium Clostridium bolteae

Apr 26, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of scientists from the United States and Canada has created a first-ever carbohydrate-based vaccine against Clostridium bolteae, gut bacterium common...

Homemade potato chips (Petr Brož / CC BY 3.0)

Study Explains Why We Can’t Stop after Eating One Potato Chip

Apr 23, 2013 by News Staff

A study conducted by researchers at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, sheds new light on the causes of hedonic hyperphagia, a condition that plagues hundreds...

Scientists at Loughborough University say there are six markers in the breath that could be candidates for use as indicators of stress (Greenville.edu)

Researchers Say Breath Test Could Help Identify Stress

Apr 19, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new pilot study conducted by scientists at Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK, a deep breath could become stress-detector. Scientists...

Left: schematic structure of a toxin nanosponge. Right: zoomed-in view of a single toxin-absorbed nanosponge, scale bar - 20 nm (Che-Ming J. Hu et al / Zhang Research Lab)

Nanosponges Could Soak up Toxins Released by Infections, Venom

Apr 19, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has created ‘nanosponges’ capable of removing a broad class of toxins from the bloodstream,...

This image illustrates calcium regulation in the human body, the role of vitamin D is shown in orange (Mikael Häggström)

Obesity Can Lead to Vitamin D Deficiency

Apr 17, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to scientists reporting in the journal PLoS Medicine, obesity can lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the human body. This image illustrates...

Teenagers lighting each other’s cigarettes, the Netherlands, 1932 (Nationaal Archief @ Flickr Commons)

Daily Walk Can Help Teenagers Quit Smoking

Apr 17, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health, teen smokers who increased the days on which they got just 20 minutes of exercise...

This scanning electron micrograph shows macrophages infected with Bacillus anthracis (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)

Epimerox: New Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Developed, Kills MRSA, Anthrax

Apr 16, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Researchers at the Rockefeller University and a pharmaceutical company have developed a new antibiotic that kills a wide range of bacteria, including methicillin-resistant...

H7N9 Bird Flu Strain Adapts to Humans, Study Shows

Apr 15, 2013 by News Staff

A new genetic study of the novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus published online in the journal Eurosurveillance portrays a virus evolving to adapt to...

Air quality signboard indicating an ozone watch in Gulfton, Houston

Ozone Exposure Linked to Thousands of Premature Deaths Annually

Apr 12, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has used world-leading neutron sources at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France, and at the Rutherford Appleton...

Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, at the Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany (H. Zell / CC BY-SA 3.0)

New Study: Rosemary Aroma May Improve Prospective Memory

Apr 12, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study conducted by Dr Jemma McCready and Dr Mark Moss from the University of Northumbria, England, the aroma of rosemary oil may improve...

Sources of cholesterol (University of California, San Francisco)

Study Finds New Way to Clear Cholesterol from Blood

Apr 11, 2013 by News Staff

A research reported in the online journal eLife identifies a new therapeutic target for lowering cholesterol. Sources of cholesterol (University of California,...

According to Dr Sinha from Newcastle University and his colleagues, muscle function improves with vitamin D supplements which are thought to enhance the activity of the mitochondria - the batteries of the cell (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)

Vitamin D Boosts Your Energy Levels, Research Shows

Apr 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study led by Dr Akash Sinha from Newcastle University has shown that vitamin D is vital for making our muscles work efficiently and boosting energy...

Micrograph of a herpes simplex virus (CDC / Dr Erskine Palmer)

Scientists Reveal Novel Strategy for Stopping Herpes

Apr 5, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,...

Fish Oil Boosts Immune System, Study Suggests

Apr 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that instead of suppressing the body’s immune response, fish oil actually enhances...

Methanobrevibacter smithii. This microorganism is responsible for the majority of methane production in the human host (Buck S. Samuel et al., 2007)

Study Links Obesity to Gut Microflora

Mar 29, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism suggests that a breath test profile of gut microorganisms may be able to...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells (University of California, San Diego)

Scientists Identify Antibody that Kills Leukemia Cells

Mar 26, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of researchers led by Dr Thomas Kipps from the University of California, San Diego, has identified a humanized monoclonal antibody...

Secondhand smoke detector (© Eli Burakian)

Researchers Develop New Device for Battling Secondhand Tobacco Smoke

Mar 25, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers at Dartmouth College created a breakthrough device that can immediately detect the presence of secondhand cigarette smoke, and even...